Your Challenge!
Step 1: Select NASA Mission that you and your team will focus on throughout your scientific investigation. You can choose from SDO, TRACE, SOHO, or STEREO
Begin to investigate this mission! You will prepare information about
Mission’s background
Mission’s Purpose
Any additional interesting or important information
Step 2: Identify a solar phenomenon that you will investigate further
Topics might include:
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Sunspots §
Solar Storms §
Sun’s Impact on Space Explorers §
Solar Cycles §
Aurora
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Transits of the moon and the planets §
Solar wind §
Radiation §
Magnetism and the Sun §
Engineering and Design §
Other ideas:
Step 3: Identify the product that you are your team will create!
Tip: When selecting the topic that you will create, consider the feasibility. Do you have the budget to create this product? The time? The technology? Access to materials?
Possible Products Might Include:
Video
Brochure
Movie MakerMovie
Photo Story
Google EarthField Trip
Skit
Speech
Song
Dance
Newscast
Play
Writing a Magazine Article
Web Page Creation
Creation of a solar-related piece of art in any medium
n Collage n Collection n Graphic n Model n Map n Painting n Photograph
SOHO or STEREO model (paper models are available but much more elaborate models are preferred)
Step 4: Teams should prepare a 3 minute persuasive presentation as to why their product should be selected by NASA Scientists in order to promote the NASA Mission and knowledge of solar phenomenon!
Elk Lake
MidValley and Susquehanna Created Movies! These are too large to upload, but I can show you on Day 2!
Dunmore Created a Magazine Article! I do not have this in my files, but if Mrs. Decker has it, she will share it! Old Forge, Poster
Old Forge
||Mountain View, Place Mat for Kids
Your Challenge!
Step 1: Select NASA Mission that you and your team will focus on throughout your scientific investigation. You can choose from SDO, TRACE, SOHO, or STEREO
Step 2: Identify a solar phenomenon that you will investigate further
- Topics might include:
§Sunspots
§
Solar Storms
§
Sun’s Impact on Space Explorers
§
Solar Cycles
§
Aurora
§
Transits of the moon and the planets
§
Solar wind
§
Radiation
§
Magnetism and the Sun
§
Engineering and Design
§
Other ideas:
Step 3: Identify the product that you are your team will create!
- Video
- Brochure
- Movie MakerMovie
- Photo Story
- Google EarthField Trip
- Skit
- Speech
- Song
- Dance
- Newscast
- Play
- Writing a Magazine Article
- Web Page Creation
- Creation of a solar-related piece of art in any medium
n Collagen Collection
n Graphic
n Model
n Map
n Painting
n Photograph
Step 4: Teams should prepare a 3 minute persuasive presentation as to why their product should be selected by NASA Scientists in order to promote the NASA Mission and knowledge of solar phenomenon!
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